Generative AI

Generative AI can be a useful tool for brainstorming ideas and deciding what your specific topic should be for a research paper. Be cautious using Gen AI for actual research and writing because it sometimes makes up citations and generates incorrect information. Generative AI should not be used as a replacement for learning.

You can safely use Generative AI to:

•     Narrow down your topic ideas.
•     Come up with keywords for searching in library databases.
•     Construct a search strategy for those databases.
•     Recommend possible library databases to use for your topic.

(University of Arizona Libraries, 2023)

AI can hallucinate information. Do not automatically trust AI output, even if it sounds convincing.

• If the AI output provides links, visit them to see what the source says about your topic. 
  • Does the information in the source match what the AI generated? 
• Open a new browser tab and use Google and Wikipedia to verify the claim created by AI.
• Read several websites and articles about the claim to make your conclusion.
• Verify the claim with multiple sources to avoid bias.